Sunday June 22, 2025|
Iran is deepening its strategic pivot toward Russia following the US airstrikes on its nuclear facilities, with foreign minister Abbas Araghchi announcing a high-level visit to Moscow and top Kremlin figures hinting at possible nuclear support for Tehran, The Times Of India reports.
“I’m going to Moscow this afternoon,” Araghchi said at a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday, adding he would hold “serious consultations with President Putin” on Monday. The announcement came just hours after US President Donald Trump confirmed that American B-2 bombers had struck Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites.
Referring to Moscow as a “strategic partner,” Araghchi said Iran and Russia “always consult with each other and coordinate our positions.” The visit follows a call between Araghchi and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, who condemned Israeli aggression and pledged Moscow’s continued diplomatic support.
Meanwhile, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev delivered a dramatic response, declaring in a series of posts on X that the strikes had failed militarily and politically and could trigger unprecedented nuclear consequences.
Medvedev claimed, “A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.”
Though he didn’t name those countries, the statement marked a significant escalation in rhetoric and hinted at potential strategic realignments. Medvedev argued that the strikes not only failed to dismantle Iran’s nuclear capabilities but may accelerate its nuclear ambitions.
“The enrichment of nuclear material, and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons, will continue,” he wrote, adding that the US operation had left the “critical infrastructure of the nuclear fuel cycle” largely intact.
